BigTxEars
Well-Known Member
Sorry, not falling for your political tricks. If you want me to answer, I will - in the way I think is best, and not in the slanted way you wish. Trying to boil it down to "one word" is absurd - and EXACTLY the symptom of what is going on here - you want things boiled down to sound bites without context in an attempt to dismiss them. Seriously, what you are asking is ridiculous and single-minded.
1. No, they are not - they are part of a larger Nordic fantasy/folklore that is not specific to Norway but in no way factual. If we are to use your assumption that simply because something is old fantasy and that somehow makes it less fantastical, I'd point you to Grimm's Fairy Tales, which in one way or another go back nearly as deep in history (Grimm brothers were just the first to write them down/compile them), which are what most of Disney's animated classics is based upon.
2. Your focus on Anna and Elsa in particular is telling. No, as far as I know, those specific personalities/characters themselves are specifically represented - but they aren't building an Anna & Elsa ride - they are building a FROZEN ride. Frozen, which has many connections to Norway, according to everyone else but some folks on a message board like this.
Norwegian Connections in Frozen
Finding Arendelle (The real locations, including Arendal, that are the basis for the film)
Disney's Frozen inspired by Central Norway (which details the creators journey to Norway to get authentic elements)
Disney's 'Frozen' Frenzy Includes Norway Tourism - Dismiss it if you want, but it's a fact - a lot of people associate the film enough to want to spend thousands of bucks to travel there and see the sites it's based upon
And, just in the interest of not letting it get lost in an avalanche of reality, here is a dissenting opinion - an article who's "sources" are disgruntled Facebook posters, LOL - Walt Disney World Fans Express Frustration. Though even some of them acknowledge it's connections, it's just not "enough" for them.
But, a few folks all agitated on a Disney park message board know more than the rest of the world, I know...I know...LOL. I'm just the evil awful idiot moron who provides a different voice than the knee-jerk generally disgruntled folks who have found a new thing to be disgruntled about - when there are far, far worse things going on at WDW than them putting in this ride which the only projected complaints of guests will be based on how popular it will be. Them's high class problems, as my grandfather would say, LOL.
Good post. But I'm going to go out on a limb and say it won't change the mind of many who dislike this move.
Regardless the water is under the bridge on this one, the new ride is on the way regardless of rather it should be or not. I think the next major round on this matter on these forums will be after the ride opens and the reviews are posted, that should be interesting